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Daily Meditation

June 25, 2020

Psalm 139: 13 -16, 23
For you created my inmost being;
    you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
    your works are wonderful,
    I know that full well.
My frame was not hidden from you
    when I was made in the secret place,
    when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
Your eyes saw my unformed body;
    all the days ordained for me were written in your book
    before one of them came to be.

Search me, God, and know my heart;
    test me and know my anxious thoughts.

When Normal is Broken
Recently, I heard the phrase, “Normal is broken…” from a political ad. Normal has been broken for all of us experiencing the Covid pandemic. But there are also special times in all of our lives when normal is broken.

That happened for me in February 2019, when I had a serious heart attack. Woken in the night feeling pressure in my chest, I realized, sleepy as I was, that I should call 911. EMTs arrived to find me able to walk down the stairs of my apartment and get into the ambulance. After a rather lengthy ride to Beverly Hospital (the route was blocked by a house fire causing us to detour), during which I nearly flat-lined, I was greeted by the cardiologist and his assistants. I was still conscious enough to answer their questions. They explained what they were going to do and rushed to their tasks. For a few seconds I lay on the table in the cath lab thinking, “I’m all alone. No one even knows I’m here.” Immediately I heard these words in my head: “No, you’re not.” I eased into unawareness of the catheterization, angioplasty and insertion of 3 stents that followed.  It was clear that I had gotten to the hospital just in time, as there were two 100% blockages and a third of 90%. 

In the next few days, more procedures followed; blood transfusions, another catheterization because my heart was skipping a beat, constant tests and a visit from an electro cardiologist to see if I needed a pacemaker. My heart began beating without skipping a beat on its own. 

Why have I chosen a scripture about being fearfully and wonderfully made? After all, I inherited my mother’s heart disease and diabetes. That’s not wonderful. Well, God did ordain my days and He assured me of His presence when I needed it the most, in a most vivid way. On top of that, my recovery went amazingly well. Life changed to a new normal.
 

Lord,
I praise you that you hem me in - behind and before, and that you have laid your hand upon me. We need your special care in our lives, and we can depend on it because we know that you are trustworthy. 

                                                               Marnie Ketcham

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